The only reason I asked you about Bush is because you continually just repeat the party line on this board - not really saying anything, not justifying anything, not adding anything.... Nothing from you but Goron this, Sore Loserman that. I reckoned that for once you might get off yer arse and actually do some work, and maybe learn something in the process. At least have the wherewithal to back up your claims.
This thing started not by you asking me to prove something, but by me asking *you* "Do you mind expanding on that? What makes you say this?" with regard to your statement about Clinton doing nothing.
So easy to say toejame like this - but you have absolutely nothing to back it up. You never do.
But ok - what has the Clinton administration actually *done* for the underpriveledged? You say "NOTHING". The record aint hard to dig up:
Since he passed his Economic Plan in 1993, the poverty rate has declined from 15.1 percent in 1993 to 11.8 percent in 1999 – the largest six-year drop in poverty in nearly 30 years (1964-1970). There are now 7 million fewer people in poverty than in 1993, and over 2.2 million, or over 30 percent, of this decline occurred during the past year.
Additionally, child poverty has dropped by 25.6 percent - from 22.7 percent in 1993 to 16.9 percent in 1999. It is the lowest child poverty rate since 1979 and includes the largest one-year decline since 1966. The African American child poverty rate has fallen 28.2 percent since 1993, and dropped from 36.7 percent in 1998 to 33.1 percent in 1999 - the largest one-year drop in history and the lowest level on record. The Hispanic child poverty rate has fallen by 26 percent since 1993, and dropped from 25.6 percent in 1998 to 22.8 percent in 1999 - the lowest level since 1979.
He enacted the single largest investment in health care for children since 1965.
He expanded of the Earned Income Tax Credit. In 1999, the EITC lifted 4.1 million people out of poverty – nearly double the number lifted out of poverty by the EITC in 1993.
He doubled federal funding for child care, helping parents pay for the care of about 1.5 million children in 1998.
He increased funding for the Head Start program by 90 percent, and in FY 2000, the program will serve approximately 880,000 children – over 160,000 more children than in 1993.
He signed the Adoption and Safe Families Act, which made sweeping changes to the previous adoption law. In 1999, 46,000 foster care children were adopted – more than a 64 percent increase since 1996.
He proposed and enacted the HOPE Scholarships and Lifetime Learning tax credits, which in 1999 were claimed by an estimated 10 million American families struggling to pay for college.
He expanded Work Study and Pell grants. One million students can now work their way through college because of the President's expansion of the Work Study Program, and nearly four million students will receive a Pell Grant of up to $3,300, the largest maximum award ever. The maximum award has increased 43 percent under the Clinton-Gore Administration.
He cut student fees and interest rates on all loans, expanded repayment options including income contingent repayment, and improved service through the Direct Loan Program. Students have saved $8.7 billion since 1993 through the reduction in loan fees and interest rates.
Again... one could go on and on. But I'll stop here. He has done *something*. You're wrong.
